Sunny day. Golden clean beach. Visibility ♾ How's that color of that ocean?.......And a fighting fish at the end of a rod.... MAN !!!!!! WHAT A DAY THAT MUST BE ???? !!!
Bad news for those who insist it's fake. When he's pulling it out of the water, the fish is flaring it's gills. It's alive, and the video is real. They don't know it's the biggest ever from a beach, but it's a big gallo.
For those who said it was fake as pocjetty said it's gills were flaring when landed on beach, also,you try tying a weight to yourself and running around for 5 or more minutes and see how much energy you have to flop around and go crazy afterwards, drag on a reel is effectively a weight being dragged around by a fish.
As you rightly say fish of many species are unbelievably powerful. Non anglers have no idea. Many species lead what look to be sedentary lives but when hooked, display a power and stamina that is often staggering and if they were human athletes with the same strength, would live out their lives totally unrivalled in their prime event.
Nice Rooster, don't know about it being the biggest ever caught from shore, just got back from cabo and got a few that were just a little smaller about 100lbs but only have pics no video. Nice fish! They sure are fun to catch!!!
I had to watch to see what a rooster fish looked like LOL That is a good size fish you caught and bet that was a lot of fun fighting it all the way to shore
Definitely a Rooster, you can tell because of the distinct first dorsal fin and light patterning on the body, as well as the elongated pectoral fins. A sea bass has a more single-toned body and less distinctive dorsal/pectoral fins. Awesome catch!
really, because a texas fisherman magazine is the reason I even looked up roosterfish in the firstplace, and for some reason also, it appeared that they were both saltwater and freshwater species.
That is one big fish and the swell coming in racked up the difficulty in landing it,you hung in there and WOW was the reward worth the effort you put in it was there to see when it ran up the beach and then you thought it had come off and it had secreamed back down the beach again,I hope you raised a BIG glass at the end of the battle,so well deserved,congratulations,Mike Cornwall,UK.Tight Lines Forever.